Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Gas Technology Institute.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A collaboration between Automobili Lamborghini and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new MOF-based material that will serve as the foundation for a new generation of supercapacitors. The e-motor also supports low-speed maneuvers such as reversing and parking with electric power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

Solar and wind are clearly now the cheapest form of electricity. But limits to these technologies can undermine the case for a renewables-only electricity mix. They are inherently variable, producing electricity only when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. The challenges posed by solar and wind generators are real.

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

Solar and wind are clearly now the cheapest form of electricity. But limits to these technologies can undermine the case for a renewables-only electricity mix. They are inherently variable, producing electricity only when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. The challenges posed by solar and wind generators are real.

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Sodium Australia Renewable Energy 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel. gas into a liquid transportation fuel by combining fuel cell. In contrast, this reactor produces electricity as a byproduct of fuel production. provide not only liquid fuel but also electricity, increasing the. utility of geographically isolated gas reserves. University.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 16, 2023

The automaker told dealers in April that the CARB states are enforcing tougher greenhouse gas standards retroactively to the 2021 model year. Dealers in the CARB states worry they'll be at a disadvantage if consumers start crossing state lines to buy gasoline vehicles from another store's inventory rather than wait for a factory order.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Developed with battery technology from Tesla Motors, SolarCity DemandLogic storage includes learning software that automates the discharge of stored energy to optimize utility charge savings for customers. Elon Musk is the Chairman of Solar City, and Chairman and CEO of Tesla Motors. Time is money, but so are control and predictability.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 9, 2023

As of April 6, 2023, using Alternative Fuel Data Center (AFDC) data, 285 Walmart/Sam’s Club stores had DC fast chargers. Target has the second most with 178, 108 less than Walmart, and convenience store chains WaWa (127) and Sheetz (91) rank third and fourth. of Electrify America’s total number of DC fast charging ports.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The plant will be designed to capture carbon emitted by its operation and store it underground. Exelon Corporation is one of the largest US electric utilities with approximately $19 billion in annual revenues. It distributes electricity to approximately 5.4

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. Transportation accounts for only 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S.; In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Developing a new generation of highly efficient reactors and new methods to store used fuel are two key issues that DOE is tackling under this research field. research aging of used nuclear fuel and canisters that are stored for. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($7,500,000). Researchers will receive $4.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

For feedstock application, carbon stored in products such as plastics are not included in reported emissions for the states where they are produced. To the extent that fuels are used in one state to generate electricity that is consumed in another state, emissions are attributed to the former rather than the latter.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 14, 2022

Electric school buses have become a hot commodity for school districts and parents. So are electric school buses on the horizon? What Electric School Buses Mean to Different Districts. School districts are excited about replacing their gas-guzzling, noisy buses with quiet, emissions-free models. emissions annually.”.

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Driivz

MAY 1, 2022

Utilities are emerging as dominant players in the global race to electric vehicle adoption beyond just the power supplier. They have insights to the customers’ electrical usage. They have not only become an e-Mobility service provider, but they are also transitioning 12,000 fleet vehicles to electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. —Philippe Boisseau, President Total Gas & Power.

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MIT Battery Batteries Energy Storage 210

Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Weather issues simply don’t warrant avoiding EV s By Tim Benford: President of Drive Electric Dayton and Past Vice-President of Electric Auto Association. As we know from GM’s Superbowl advertisement, Norway is crushing the USA in electric vehicle (EV) sales, followed closely by Sweden and Finland. How can this be?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With tech giants, utilities, and governments budgeting upwards of US $1 trillion for capital expansion to join the global battle for AI dominance, data centers are the bunkers, factories, and skunkworks—and concrete and electricity are the fuel and ammunition. That gas also usually heads straight into the atmosphere.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They recognized at once that a smell prosthetic could be similar to a cochlear implant: “It’s taking something from the physical world and translating it into electrical signals that strategically target the brain,” Coelho says. cellphone retail company with stores in 43 states, he had the resources to invest in long-shot research.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion. 1,000,000.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. As of December 2022, more than 5,600 electric school buses are in operation, on order or funded. they created about 28% of the automotive sector’s GHG emissions in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Earlier post.) DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). (DOE DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (TX).

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2009

Carmaker Hyundai and a postgraduate student from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a prototype solar-powered hydrogen car, the Telegraph reports. Named the Hyundai City Car 2020, it uses solar panels to use sun’s rays to create electricity, which is subsequently used to create a hydrogen fuel source.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle re-fuels in 3–5 minutes, travels up to 300 miles (482 km) on a full tank, and will be available to customers in California beginning in fall 2015. Electricity generation efficiency has been enhanced through the use of 3D fine mesh flow channels. Electric traction motor and battery.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

Study complex material structures on the nanoscale to identify key features for their potential use as materials to convert solar energy and heat to electricity. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. University of Massachusetts. Center for Interface Science: Hybrid Solar-Electric Materials (CIS:HSEM). $15.

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Energy Energy Storage Conversion Solar 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Electrofuels. coli; Product: Isooctane. 4,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

kWh Li-ion pack enabling an electric range of up to 15 miles (24 km) at speeds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h), according to Toyota. Maximum electric range is 15 miles. The engine also uses an electrically driven air conditioning compressor and water pump to reduce mechanical losses. L/100km equivalent and 4.8

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 27, 2021

When our solar system was very young, there were no planets—only a diffuse disk of gas and dust circled the sun. Some of those planetesimals, as astronomers call them, grew to be hundreds of kilometers across as they swept up more dust and gas within the swirling solar nebula. The Dawn spacecraft used solar-electric propulsion.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Two 150-kilowatt electric motors together deliver 403 horsepower--enough to accelerate to 60 miles per hour in 5.8 But that kind of acceleration is available only in something called "sport" mode, which uses power from both the battery pack and the gas-powered generator. It takes the Volt about 9 seconds.)

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

At that project, cables transfer the electricity to oil and gas platforms, rather than delivering the power back to shore. Jan Arne Wold/Woldcam/Equinor Ole Jørgen Bratland/Equinor For its next floating wind projects, Equinor plans to use the more conservative semisubmersible design, a technology perfected for oil and gas platforms.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The Administration is undertaking multiple actions to place the United States on what it calls an “ irreversible path ” to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from a 2005 baseline, and then to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. How massive an economic reshaping is in store? Volkswagen’s ID.4

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